The Enlightenment Trap

Are we really seeking the right kind of liberation now?

Hello there, wandering soul

In this article, I’m going to go over the “enlightenment trap” as I call it, and the line I draw between being a seeker of spiritual liberation and a seeker of tangible freedom.

If you have read my bio, you may think I am some sort of wise, enlightened guru. That could not be farther from the truth. Even if it comes off that way.

I’m a fool at times, perhaps too self-righteous for some. Personally, I find enlightenment a little too flighty for my tastes. Not very grounded in reality.

You see, I’m a seeker of truth AND a realist. My critics may say I’m a cynic or a deranged conspiracy theorist, but again, that doesn’t properly represent me.

I’d say I’m more of a “The glass is half full AND half empty” kind of guy.

So let’s begin

I have a friend who is very interested in being enlightened, who may even think he is. We’ll call him Jeffery, and Jeff is a hard-core meditator, even more so than myself. Going on long, deep sessions of presence. One time, claiming to go as far as 6 hours, an impressive feat, yet when I hear him speak about it, sometimes I wonder if he’s truly grounded in human nature and the proper course of action, or just trying to escape it and the responsibility that comes with it. Or could it be that he’s lost in thought, not knowing what to believe?

Though he always admits his faults, so I know he’s onto something, and realizes the pitfalls in certain beliefs around enlightenment. Still, I think even for him, enlightenment was not what he thought it would be, and now that he’s got a taste of whatever level he has attained, I can tell it’s difficult for him to stay connected to the struggles of others, that may be stuck in “ego traps or idealogies” as he puts it. Or even staying connected to that very part of himself. That the peace he has found has become too addictive, and the cruelty of the world too repulsive.

You see, he’s not in a peaceful village or temple in the mountains. He’s in the USA, a police state pretending to be the freest country on earth. A mind-controlled consumerist hell.

We are both relatively young in our mid-20s and have grown into the dystopia this country has become. So, unfortunately, we do not get the leisure to just clock out of existence like some monks in high places who live lives of no consequence.

I care about the future of humanity, and mostly about keeping our freedoms intact. That’s probably the core of who I am.

I recognize that the revolution will not be televised— because it happens within first.

I just believe the New Age spiritualists in America have gotten so hooked on eastern practices that they’ve lost the plot. Lost sight of the mission that’s on all of our shoulders — not just as Americans, as warriors of truth and freedom. As guardians and protectors of the ones who have yet to come.

No matter what you believe, I think you and I can agree that humanity is stuck in a state of deep confusion and an intense state of indecision.

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What is Enlightenment?

I have been visiting a Buddhist temple where I live for a little over a year, and one of the old monks from another temple visited and told us all of a classic parable written by Buddha or one of his followers.

It goes a little something like this, “Enlightenment is like building a raft to cross a treachorous river, but when you make it to the other side, you have to dispose of the raft and cast it back to the side you came from, because you can not take the vehicle and methodology that helped you attain enlightenment with you further”.

In essence, the raft would be too much weight to carry metaphorically, and the process of attaining nirvana is about letting go completely and helping others “get there” by the raft you took but can no longer stay attached to. Letting go of all attachments and being in a state of oneness.

So I’d like to think I understand, based on my experience and research, what enlightenment is to these folks, and the destination they seek.

I respect it 100% and embrace those who choose this path. But personally, I have no interest. I used to want it before I knew what it meant, when I was in my stoner arc.

I see the dangers of complacency in seeking only liberation for myself, because eventually, tyranny will come knocking on your door. I also see the danger in expecting everyone else to join that path of enlightenment to really change the world. Most importantly, I know my mission. I guess I just can’t take that path. I’m rooted hard on this earth.

What is the Narrow Path?

The “narrow path,” as I call it, is a rocky road only a few dare to climb, but not a road that will disappear from underneath your feet. It’s a dangerous path. Possibly the most dangerous. A matter of life or death. A matter of survival.

Only a few have dared to tread it. Off the top of my head, Jesus Christ, Julian Assange. Any person who has faced persecution for the truth and for the freedom of others has walked the narrow path.

And at this stage in the game? It’s about laying the foundations for the resistance to the global technocratic transhumanist takeover. In which ways can our resistance be effective and productive? It is a question I will go over in future articles or videos. So stay tuned!

The narrow path is a path accessible and doable for the majority of people. It’s a path grounded in reality, and to me, it’s about taking steps towards a freer world.

I think the narrow path takes a lot of courage, facing the fear of the unknown whilst trying to stay on top. Trying to maintain your wits in a world so dead set on erasing your individuality, your freedom, and your love for one another.

One path is rooted in service, the other in some sense of neurosis. Which one is that? Perhaps I don’t fully understand, but from my point of view, it seems focusing on helping us get on the right timeline is more important than focusing solely on your own spiritual ascension.

I don’t believe in this notion that we all have to attain nirvana in order to bring great transformation to ourselves or the world. Or that we all need to break the cycle of Birth and Death, as some Buddhists believe. I do agree that we need to find a state of peace within ourselves first, but expecting the majority to reach nirvana might be going a bit too far.

Mindfulness has been packaged by the New Age movement as an awareness practice. But it is so much more! It has benefits that I do not question because I have experienced those benefits in my meditations personally. I strongly believe meditation to be a tool for rewiring your nervous system and getting in alignment with what’s most important for you in that moment.

However, I’m not trying to go somewhere with meditation, I’m right here when I’m doing it. Most of the time, I don’t even have an intention. I just sit with whatever is circulating within me and do my best to remain present. To me, that’s enough.

Many times, once I sit long enough and clear the distractions of my mind, I believe I find a pure awareness of God, if you want to call it that. Where I am present with what seems to be the creator in complete stillness and silence. No thoughts, no noise, no emotions. Like I have passed all the gates and entered the Kingdom of Heaven within.

Is this enlightenment? I don’t think so. I think it’s just a state of pure awareness where I find out my true nature through dissolution, getting in touch with my Soul. It’s a practice of soul searching, really, but when I come out of that state, I still have to survive in this apocalypse and think tactically about my next move.

The narrow path encompasses a lot more than a spiritual practice like meditation; it’s going to require some serious engineering and cooperation of great minds.

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Getting to the Trap…

The problem I see with these eastern practices resides in the pacifism and neuterization of men. Let’s take China, for example. A very powerful nation with a deep and rich history. Arguably, the founding pillar of all Zen, and the source of many asian cultures. I mean no disrespect for my following statement, I’m just calling it how I see it:

The monks in China have become so enlightened that they’re now ruled by the CCP

(Chinese Communist Party)

During COVID-19 in Wuhan and many other Chinese cities, people were literally barred within their homes and trapped by an authoritarian regime. Where were the monks then?

This is The Enlightenment Trap.

Getting so liberated from the physical world, and all its happenings, that predators can exploit you. And before you know it, you’re cooked like a frog in boiling water. Not able to be the leader you need to be for the people around you. Leaving us content and in a state of acceptance with the status quo, ergo the largely accepted way that things are, which is a quick way to death in a world with a predator class.

I think this can be a useful tactic for yourself. Coming to a state of acceptance of your circumstances, but I struggle very deeply with the notion that I’m just supposed to find contentment with the state of the world.

I’m hung up about it! I’m not going to trade that urge for some spiritual enlightenment! That would be trading away my very humanity! I won’t unsee the dredges of suffering going on now. I doubt Christ or Buddha would want that either.

Now look, I love my monk friends and the peace they carry with them. I am by no means attacking them. I’m just being real. Even the Dalai Lama convinced a large part of the world to get the experimental covid shot! Where were the monks then when tyranny knocked at the Chinese door? They were telling everyone to comply!

Most of my monk friends have not seen past the veil of the medical industry’s superfluous authority on the rest of the world! And I wish dearly that they come to their senses and see outside the Truman Show-like programming.

Sitting in Sangha for so many nights listening to my brothers and sisters talk about needing to build the community through mindfulness, yet not addressing real issues, irked me, and it still does. People censor themselves and are afraid to speak up.

If the whole world lived like monks do, I believe the world would be a better place, but the reality is that that will never happen. Too many cultural, ethnic, and religious differences. We need a global transformation that everyone can access within themselves. We can’t claim spiritual gnosis a complete and utter denial of the flesh! It’s about having a balance of the Mind, Body, and Soul.

My suggestion? Don’t chase enlightenment. Don’t try too hard. And if you are dead set on that goal, don’t become so indifferent to the depravity and suffering surrounding us that you’re unmoved by it, because I’m not sure that’s the nirvana you want to attain.

Whether you’re a monk or a New Age spiritualist, always keep an eye out for government overstep. The problem of the parasitic class still remains…

This Fight Is Crucial

Fighting tyranny is about being grounded and practical. Seeing the needs of others in a state of frenzy or survival mode, and learning what course to take to steer us in a direction of freedom, sovereignty, and real security —not a false sense of it.

Something has happened with the spiritual movement in America. A shift, like they say.

Some spiritualists in the West have demonized the very root of our pulse, this fight for survival.

Thinking they’re above that now because they’ve done enough plant medicine or enough enlightenment practices, that they no longer have to worry about survival. They no longer fear. That the very state of survival is such a low level of consciousness unworthy of the state they exist in. Beneath them. What a farce!

That those of us stuck lying awake in our beds late at night, trying to figure out what needs to be done, are beneath them, that we’re the bottom of the barrel. That we all “just need to jump to a different timeline, bro.”

I personally see this notion by the New Agers as a denial of how bad things are, and a denial of how bad they are going to get before change manifests itself in the collective. An ultra-optimistic, maybe even selfish state of denial wherein the very idea that the greatest suffering has yet to come challenges beliefs too scary to confront within themselves.

So instead, they project nasty, vile things in person or over the internet onto those of us visualizing the pathway for the rest who want to fully liberate our species from psychopaths in power. Listen, you can stay at home and vibe out, no one’s going to crucify you! Don’t be so callous to try to deny the human condition with some weak, sloppy spiritual bypassing by thinking you can just lalalala your way out of this one. NO, we need clarity, not this merkiness.

The world doesn’t need more coaches or expensive retreats! It needs more solidarity and action in that unity!

This is where I draw the line with spiritualists and seekers of nirvana. Stop pretending you’re not in a room on fire with the rest of us and start getting your hands dirty for fuck sake. Get to work. There’s a lot to be done. Many skills we have to learn to plot our course and trajectory as a species. Do some of those skills require knowing when to rest and when to act? Absolutely! Mindfulness IS a key component, but we must not give up on our race. The fight for existential survival is not something to be ashamed of or discarded.

I do not claim to be enlightened. I am on the path of climbing my own mountain and being a pioneer of freedom for myself and the rest who want to climb with me.

I struggle with my practices all the time. I struggle with making sense of the world I live in. I struggle with communicating these things. I struggle with the practical steps even though I have learned many of them. Ultimately, I am a student of life. I could be wrong about everything. Time will tell.

Most of us have tangible needs not being met on a daily basis. It’s time we create a world where getting what we need is possible. That starts with challenging many misconceptions and undoing the deep conditioning imbued in us.

I’ll continue to walk this path of resistance, because it’s my duty to lay the foundation for those who have yet to come. The children of tomorrow deserve a better world. I’d say we deserve it now, but we only deserve what we are willing to work for.

Really, digest what I’m saying. Your life is about way more than you in ways you may never know!

The roots have to be strong for the branches to grow far.

I just wanted to announce myself, my mission, and really let you in on who you are following. You don’t have to worry about me being some shark, I keep it real here.

Until next time,

Mason The Seeker

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